| memory_watcher is a library that can be linked into chromium to trace the |
| memory allocations. It works by hooking the system allocation/deallocation |
| functions, and recording the actions. |
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| To use memory_watcher in chromium: |
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| (1) Compile the memory_watcher library (it is part of the solution by default) |
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| (2) Run chromium with these flags "--memory-profile -no-sandbox" |
| (The instrumentation doesn't work with the sandbox) |
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| (3) Hit ctrl-alt-D to generate a dump of the memory allocations. |
| This will create a log file called memorywatcher.logXXXX for every |
| chromium process (where XXXX is the pid). |
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| The log file is a human readable text format, which can be further analyzed |
| using the helpers in the "scripts/" directory. |
